Zawiya (institution)
A ''zawiya'' or ''zaouia'' ( ar, زاوية, lit=corner, translit=zāwiyah; ; also spelled ''zawiyah'' or ''zawiyya'') is a building and institution associated with Sufis in the Islamic world. It can serve a variety of functions such a place of ...
is an Islamic religious school or monastery.
Zawiya, Zawiyah, Zawia, Zaouia, Zaouiet and similar terms may also refer to:
Places
Algeria
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Aïn Zaouia, an Algerian town
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Mazer Zaouia
Mazer Zaouia (sometimes written just Mazer) is a village in the commune of Djamaa, in Djamaâ District, El Oued Province, Algeria. The village is located just to the east of the N3 highway north of Djamaa
Djamaa ( ar, ﺟﺎﻣﻌﺔ) (also ...
, an Algerian village
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Zaouia El Abidia
Zaouia El Abidia () is a town and commune in Touggourt District, Touggourt Province, Algeria. According to the 2008 census it has a population of 19,993, up from 15,381 in 1998, and has an annual population growth rate of 2.7%. It forms the northe ...
, an Algerian town
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Zaouia el Kbira, an Algerian village
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Zaouia Foukania, an Algerian village
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Zaouia Sidi Moussa, an Algerian village
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Zaouiet Kounta
Zaouiet Kounta is a town in southern Algeria
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, an Algerian town
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Zaouiet Kounta District, an Algerian district
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Zawiya Thaalibia, an Algerian zawiya in the Casbah of Algiers
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Zawiya Thaalibia, an Algerian zawiya in the Issers
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Zawiyas in Algeria
The Zawiyas in Algeria are religious buildings located in Algeria honoring the memory of patron saints and dedicated to Quranic and religious education. They are affiliated with Sufi Torouq brotherhoods under the supervision of the Ministry o ...
, an Algerian Islamic topic
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Zawiyet El Hamel, a Sufi zawiya in Algeria
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Zawiyet Sidi Amar Cherif, a Sufi zawiya in Algeria
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Zawiyet Sidi Boumerdassi
Zawiyet Sidi Boumerdassi ( ar, زاوية سيدي البومرداسي) or Zawiyet Ouled Boumerdès is a zawiya located within Boumerdès Province in Algeria.
Construction
The zawiya of Ouled Boumerdès was built in 1714 in the southern hei ...
, a Sufi zawiya in Algeria
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Zawiyet Sidi Boushaki, a Sufi zawiya in Algeria
Egypt
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Zawyet El Aryan, an Egyptian town
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Unfinished Northern Pyramid of Zawyet El Aryan
The Unfinished Northern Pyramid of Zawyet El Aryan, also known as Pyramid of Baka and Pyramid of Bikheris is the term archaeologists and Egyptologists use to describe a large shaft part of an unfinished pyramid at Zawyet El Aryan in Egypt. Archae ...
, an Egyptian pyramid
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Zawyat Razin, an Egyptian city
Israel
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Khirbat Zawiya, a Palestinian Arab village in Baysan, depopulated in 1948
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Zawiya, Safad, a Palestinian Arab village depopulated in 1948
Libya
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Zawiya District
Zawiya, officially Zawia ( ar, محافظة الزاوية ''Az Zāwiya''), is one of the districts of Libya. It is located in the north western part of the country, in what had been the historical region of Tripolitania. Its capital is also name ...
, (officially Zawia) a district in the west of Libya
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Zawiya, Libya
Zawiya , officially Zawia ( ar, الزاوية, transliteration: ''Az Zāwiyaẗ'', it, Zauia or ''Zavia'', variants: ar, الزاوية الغربية ''Az Zawiyah Al Gharbiyah'', ''Ḩārat az Zāwiyah'', ''Al Ḩārah'', ''El-Hára'' and '' ...
, (officially Zawia) the capital city of that district
Palestine
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Az-Zawiya, Salfit, a Palestinian town in
Salfit Governorate
Salfit governorate ( ar, محافظة سلفيت) is one of 16 Governorates of the Palestinian National Authority. It is located in the northwestern West Bank, held under Israeli occupation, bordered by the governorates of Ramallah and al-Bir ...
, West Bank
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As-Sawiya
As-Sawiya ( ar, الساويه) is a Palestinian town in the Nablus Governorate of the State of Palestine, in the northern West Bank, located 18 kilometers south of Nablus. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), the tow ...
, a Palestinian town in
Nablus Governorate, West Bank
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Zawiya, Jenin, a Palestinian village in
Jenin Governorate, West Bank
Syria
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Zawiya Mountain
Mount Zāwiya ( ar, جبل الزاوية, Jabal az-Zāwiyah) or Mount Rīḥā ( ar, جبل ريحا, Jabal Rīḥā) (also in medieval times: Banī-ʻUlaym Mountain ( ar, جبل بني عليم, Jabal Banī-ʻUlaym) is a highland region in Idli ...
, a highland region in Syria
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